Graeme McMillan

In news and gossip math, the announcement of George Takei's wedding plans must've looked something like "B-List Sixties Geek Icon + Gay + Social Hot Button Topic = Win." There's just something perfect storm-ish about Takei's marrying boyfriend of 21 years Brad Altman for the jaded headline writers of the world, and under the jump, we celebrate the best, worst and strangest of the ones that have made it out there so far.

While I'm complaining, here's something else everyone needs to understand. George Takei? He's Mr. Sulu, okay? That's it. That's all anyone needs to know in order for the headline to work. So, all you people doing headlines like "Heroes Actor To Marry Longterm Partner" and "Heroes Star George Takei To Marry Longterm Partner Brad Altman"? No. Just stop it. Sure, he was in Heroes, but it was for about five minutes and even then it was stunt casting before he died in a cruel experiment to see if Masi Oka was able to show a third emotion other than "glee" and "comedic shock". Calling him a star of the show just seems kind of cruel, really.

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With all of that out the way, let's move onto the headlines that know how to bring you up to speed. The UK's Daily Mirror goes for the less-is-more angle with "Gay Sulu to Wed", while gossip website Canoodle Soup takes a similar tack, before chickening out at the last moment: "Sulu No Longer Solo: George Takei To Wed." So close and yet so far.